Closure hinge arrangement



July 29, 1952 P. JOHNSON CLOSURE HINGE ARRANGEMENT 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 Filed Sept. 6. 1949 v INVENTOR PETER uOhWSON ATTORNEYS 1 1952 t P. JOHNSON 4 74 CLOSURE HINGE ARRANGEMENT Filed Sept. 6, 1949 2 SHEETS SHEET 2 Patented July 29, 1-952 a I UNITED} 5mm,

p 2,604,614; H g v Peter johnson Pentig i BI I Y Y- Cariada e iiiipiiiation Septiiiber 6, 1949, Serial No. 114,263 7 f claims. (01, 20453) 5 v mhi's in vention relat' s to hinge arrangements -'-'Fi'gur'e 6isE11felevabidnOf*Uh'DDDOSitGBIldIjOf for closuresgsuch as windows, 'doors,-.panel's, and theelmenttdf;Eigdre4, 3'; theflike r Figure 7 isaper'spectiv'e vie'w of the winjdow An'object of the presentinvention'isthe proopen in one direction, l i vision bf a hinge arrangement which makes it l Figure 8: is =a-:perspective view of therwindow possible to open aclosure from either-side thereof. ':reversed in relationcto its opening, 7

7 Another *object is the-provision of a-hingear- 'FigiIre'QiSa' view similar to Figure-fiavithethe rangement for closures, iparticularly Windows, "windowfo'p 'B P'P' Gd ec o nmd l which enables the closure'to be opened and -re- Figure .10 is 'an-elevaticnpf the upper part of "versed. l 'Fwwiniiowyshowingi the hingeelementsvirr section. This invention is .particularly'applicable to 'case- R l p u y;to li m'es 1 tQi'3 ment windows and doors and it is described in f he di Win SflIllisa'comp ltativelyilon 'arm, connection with the former, but it is to be underandi l is a hi p' p t ly'connected:toio e 'stood'that it may be used 'withany type of closure. sur c f he m t on d t er f by means At theipres'ent time, "all doors and casement of a-pintle I 2. Another-hi-.I g plate M -is pivot l y windowsmaybeopen'ed from one side only there- "eonnectedso ppositew surfaice nt-the harm of. Thus; once these windows "and doors are ina th ppo t d t e by m a f a pint le l5. stalled, they must always'open'them the same way; "fi ig-ures' 'i tooillustrate -a :second5- arnr zocwhi'ch unlesstheir hinges are changed over-to the oppo- "is' lien ted to 'co-operate withrthe: alrmI-fi-B. 1 1 1318 site side, inlwhich 'casethey must always, be armzll hasprojectionst-zl an ,rIlIQjfiQf/jghQQflflopenedthenew-way; For exampleywhen-a person "wardly from its -oppositegendsifromthe 'sa'me' side now buys a refrigerator, he selects one with the thereof. nhingeplated4-norma11y1ies-i ?a plane door opening in the most convenient 'way for the rrlght a el svt th aplane Of":therarmrflTfi room'in which'it is toibe placedw-If-the refrigers 1 i; "H at one cornerr tljiereofe y n 2511b;-

"aii r isshiftedto another-part cf,-the-room-orrt'0; 4 y* 1 'r i-i fltl an les toithe -:p1an'e ofsaid another "room, the door may :not be opening the "pl n 'The:1ug" 1 f; this hinge esp'l tezisr piilotfilly might-wax; but nothing can be done about it. connected tothe proieo i nwfl at th -g nie the The zpresent invent-ion overcomes these difiiculm byra Dint1e'26, A-nother hinge plat zseis ties by providing a hinge arrangement by means np ve 'llywoonnected to the extension-:21- i he of which the door 'orwindow may at any time be pposite endto frthe rm by a p 1 3 t J opened from either side. This hinge arrangement R f g torFigures" F7 to 0x35 represents??- preferably has two hinge elements for both top frame dif jpp 'n 5-:With;W Qh?crthe and bottom of a closure. Each of'these elements closure or.-.W W" "l .S oiat t sltg-isqtfir be consists of an arm, the length of which is apunderstoodthatiiaf pefi lt enas'shownr y proximately equal to the width of the closure. bep -ovi-dedorthe wall in which the wn ng-is A hinge plate is 'pivotally connected to one end of located y ac ua ly form this frame. In-t h the arm and is adapted to be fastened to the p ferr d form he. inven i n. aspair ofjicoopening'with which the closure is associated. -An- ODBrat gar'ms l0 and 20am-looated'at-both-the otiienhingefihte is pivotany connected'to the Itopandbettemetthewindom opposite. end or thearm enecis -adapted to be rIn the illustrated-example the hingeplatelll "fastenedto the closure at the side thereof remote 4 r'i f d i n fthesframeEB- atonenide fro t first hinge 1m thereofeby screws or other. suitable means. "-It is An example of this invention is illustrated in the Jpre'feiablethat thisglplate belet into the fran'z'e,:as accompanying drawings, in which: olearly'showh inFigurfle "Theotherihinge plate Figureris'a plan vievv'oro'ne hinge element as I I: amm fifllisffa'stenefite u p ed ed!) it would appear in closed position, of the window at the side thereof which iszsrioi Figure 2 is an elevation of one end of this mally rem e f m h plate This P e is element, preferably let into the top of the window, as

Figure 3 is an elevation of the opposite end of shown. the hinge element, The hinge plate 24 of the second arm 20 is fas- Figure 4 is a plan view of another hinge element tened to the side of the frame 35 adjacent the which co-operates with the one shown in Figure 1, hinge plate I l and placed in such a position that l i closed position, said arm 20 is slightly below the arm Ill when the Figure 5 is an elevation of one end of the elewindow is closed. The hinge plate 29 of the arm ment of Figure 4, 20 is fastened to the upper edge of the window 31 at the side thereof normally remote from the plate 24. The plate 29 is positioned at a level lower than the plate II which is fastened to the opposite side of the window in order to allow the arm I!) to move over the projections 2| and 22 of the arm 20 when the window is closed.

Suitable stop means is provided for preventing the window from pivoting from beneath the arm 20 when itis opened in the direction illustrated in Figure9. This may be in the form of a shoulder 4| extending along the top of the window. With this arrangement, the arm 2|] liesalongside this shoulder when the window is closed 7 or is in the open position shown in Figure 9. The arm l lies over the shoulder when the window is closed or is in the open position shown in Figure 7.

By referring to Figure 10, it will be seen that the pintle I is directly in line with the pintle 30. This is the case when the window is closed or opened to the right as shown in Figure 7. Similarly, Figure 10 shows that'the pintle I2 is directly in line with the pintle 26. This also is the case when the window is closed. V 5

Any suitable means may be provided for holding the window in its closed position. In this example, a latch 44 having an operating handle 45 is provided at each side of the window. Each latch co-operates with'akee er 46 secured to its side of the frame 35. Stops 48 are provided along the top and bottom of the frame at"one, side thereof in order to prevent the window from opening outwardly to the wrong side of the opening. l

-When the: window is to be opened to the right,

' as illustrated in :Figure 7, theappropriate latch -is operated and the window is swung open on pintles 4 Band 30. :At this time, thearm l0 swings open withthewindow while the arm remains in its-normal-lposition within the frame. As the --arm" 10' is connected'to thehinge plate M, the arm 20- cannot move out of its normalposition until the window is completely open, that is, until it is substantially'parallel with the window opening 36. When this position is reached, it ispos- -sible to move the edge of-the window outwardly from the pintle l5, asthe'arm 20 may now pivot outwardly on its pintle 26. If the window is moved far enough, it will assume the position shown in-Figure 8. At this time, the surface of the window which normally faces outwardly is facing the window opening, thus enabling the outer surface of the window to be cleaned. When the window is swung back into the position shown in Figure 7, it maybe swung into its normal closed position. 7 v H 1 When the opposite-latch is-operated, the window may be swung into the position shown in Figure 9. When this is done, the window swings :on the pintles l2 and 26 and thearm I0 remains in its normal position within the frame. This is possible because the pintles l2 and 2B are directly .inv line.

The window cannot be reversed from this position since .the shoulder 4| prevents its extending along a horizontal end thereof and spaced from one of its faces, and a frame therefor having substantially vertical sides and horizontal ends, said closure being adapted to be moved into and out of the frame. a hinge arrangement comprising an arm substantially as long as the width of the closure and lying over the closure shoulder when the closure is positioned within the frame, hinge plates pivotally connected to opposite surfaces at opposite ends of said arm, a second arm of substantially the same length lying on the closure end beside the shoulder when the former is positioned in the frame, hinge plates pivotally connected to the same surface of the second arm at opposite ends thereof, one of said plates of the secondarm lying in a plane at right angles to the plane of the arm, the two hinge plates of the first arm being connected to one horizontal end of the frame near one side thereof and to the shoulder .near

itg side of the closure remote from the plate reinner edge from being swung away from the frame.

spectlvely when the closure is in position in the frame, the angular hinge plate of the second arm being connected to the vertical side of the frame remote from the plate connected to the frame end, and the other hinge plate of said second arm being connected to the closure end remote from the other arm plate connected to the shoulder, the frame end being recessed to receive the hinge plate connected thereto, and the frame side being recessed to receive the angular plate connected thereto.

2. A hinge arrangementas claimed in claim 1 in which the shoulder is recessed to receive the hinge plate of the first arm connected thereto, and the closure end is recessed to receive the hinge plate of the second arm connected thereto.

PETER JOHNSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 550,338 Bauer Nov. 26, 1895 1,722,156 Paulson July 23, 1929 2,511,777 Kujawa June 13, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 407,141 France Dec. 22, 1909 

